Skip to main content

Importance of lesson planning

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7779766352028136965/3424181844067750626
importance of lesson planning

 

A great deal of your effectiveness as a teacher has to do with your ability to design and implement instruction that promotes learning. A lesson plan, which is a detailed plan of the goals and activities for a particular class, is an important part of this process.

A lesson plan is the most specific kind of plan; it is a blueprint for a particular lesson, identifying its stages, indicating what students are expected to do, and giving approximate timings. Just like all other activities of daily life, we need to plan whatever we have to teach in the class. Lesson planning is not just the lesson you have to teach in the class. In addition to that, it is also the process of presenting the lesson before the class.

lesson planning book for teachers

There are many best lesson planning books in this world, based on the recommendation from the experts and millions of reader ratings. These books are listed as follows;

  • The Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

  • Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller

  • A teacher like a Champion 2.0 by Doug Lemov, Norman Atkins

  • The First Six Weeks of School by Responsive Classroom

  • Teacher Planner by Rockridge Press

  • The Growth Mindset Coach by Annie Brock and Heather Hundley


Steps in lesson planning

While developing lesson plans for each class may seem like an onerous burden at first, doing so is important because; the process of planning each lesson forces you to reflect on what you want to accomplish in each class and how best to do so. Planning helps you to control how class time is used and, as a result of reflection, use that time as productively as possible. Three main stages in lesson planning are given below:

  • Your goals, objectives, teaching methods, and assessment forms all come together in a lesson plan, which ideally facilitates student learning.

  • An effective lesson plan applies instructional methods to give the class variety and meet the needs of different learners,

  • Once you have finished the class, you should take the time to evaluate how effective the plane was and make any additions or revisions for future use

lesson planning cycle

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7779766352028136965/3424181844067750626
lesson planning cycle


Benefits of lesson planning

There are many benefits of lesson planning which are described as follows;

  • It forces contemplation of goals and objectives, the selection of subject matter, the choice of procedure, the planning of activities, and the preparation of tests of progress.

  • It helps the teacher to remain focused.

  • It is essential for effective teaching. 

  • It helps the teacher to delimit the teaching field. 

  • It helped the teacher to be systematic and orderly.

  • It encourages proper consideration of the learning process and the choice of the appropriate learning procedure

  • It gives the teacher greater confidence, therefore, greater freedom in teaching.

Final thought

In short, the teacher should use every occasion to improve and become a real teacher. Without a lesson plan, they should never enter a classroom.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

If you have any doubts, please let me know

Popular posts from this blog

THE INAATE THEORY OR MENTALISTIC THEORY

The Innate theory or Mentalistic theory   The innate theory of language learning was put forward by the most distinguished 20th-century linguist called  ''Noam Chomsky'' . This is also known as the ''mentalistic theory'' or ''nature theory''. This theory is best understood in contrast with the '' Behavioristic '' or '' Nurture theory'' of language learning. The behavioristic theory was put forward by '' Skinner'' in his book work '' Verbal Behavior'' . It is based on the s timulus-response- reinforcement- repetition process. This theory emphasizes the preexistence of an ideal social environment for the learning of one’s mother tongue. It is maintained that language is a sort of behavior that we acquire in ideal socio conditions. The behaviorists do not believe that the child has a separate language learning capability. It was in reaction to this theory that Chomsky came
1 comment
Read more

Difference between Approach Method and Teaching

Difference between Approach Method and Teaching The aim of a good teacher is effective teaching. It yields good results and creates an understanding of new concepts. It is well planned and systematic. It follows some specific methods and employs the best available techniques. For becoming a good teacher, one is curious to know what methods are available and what are the best techniques? The question also arises whether there is some difference between an approach, method, and technique. We can describe these points as follows Approach Method Technique Approach An approach is a set of theories are principles that our teacher may have in mind about the philosophy of language learning and teaching. Method A method is a general process of creative interaction between the subject matter offered by the school and the students. It has an established sequence of doing something, we can say A method is a planned effort. It has an established sequence. It has also an established relationship amo
1 comment
Read more

The direct method

The direct method The general dissatisfaction with the grammar-translation method gave birth to the direct method of teaching. This method claims to teach a foreign language without the use of a mother tongue. It is based on the natural approach that learning a foreign language is the same as learning the mother tongue naturally without the help of any written rules. Its two major aims are: to think in the target language and to speak it with the correct pronunciation. In short, it aims at establishing a direct bond between thought and expression, between experience and language. This method works on four principles; No translation under any circumstances. A strong emphasis on Oral work. Avoidance of grammatical explanation for stop. Maximum use of question-answer techniques Advantages of the direct method: 1.  Natural method: The child learns first by listening and speaking. This method lays stress on this natural way of learning language skills. 2. Fluency in speech: Through exces
1 comment
Read more